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As private sources of capital warm to the idea of impact investing, there is much they can learn from DFIs, say Clarisa De Franco and Yasemin Saltuk Lamy of the UK’s CDC Group, which has been deploying capital for positive outcomes for over 70 years
As the popularity of impact investing grows exponentially, maintaining standards is key, says Nuveen’s Rekha Unnithan.
Climate concerns have historically been an afterthought for North American capital, but that is changing, as evidenced by the $240bn pension's new sustainability plan.
LPs told an event in London that some among them envision a world in which sustainability goals are linked to carried interest.
Standards regimes can encourage box-ticking at the expense of more detailed analysis, according to the secondaries firm's ESG & sustainability head.
PEI caught up with Fi Dinh, who led ING's first ESG-linked revolving credit facility, to discuss fund terms, interest rate calculations and sustainability targets.
The bank provided a subscription credit facility for Singapore's Quadria Capital that pegs its interest rate to fund-level ESG performance.
All three winners significantly revamped the company leadership in different ways.
Sun European Partners acquired ELIX Polymers as part of a corporate carve-out in April 2012. ELIX supplies ABS polymers and products used in the manufacture of consumer goods, consumer electronics, medical devices and automotive dashboards. Those products are sold to over 300 customers in more than 40 countries. Since the original investment, Sun European Partners […]
A new leadership team at Manuka Health put a strong focus on ESG and saw Pacific Equity Partners almost triple its money.